One of, no, the, no, one of the best gifts I got for Christmas this year.
Tom and Jerry and Droopy are the cartoons that I remember the best from formative years watching channel 56.
I already have the Tom and Jerry DVDs and they have provided the kids and I with hours of fabulous entertainment. The Droopy DVDs are fantastic and I still remember some of those episodes that I haven't seen in 25 years. The only problem is that there aren't as many episodes of Droopy as there are of Tom and Jerry. The later episodes from the mid to late 1950s suffer from a lack of imagination and boring artwork, just like Tom and Jerry, but the early episodes are some of the greatest cartoons you will or could ever watch.
You might even get me to admit that I enjoy Droopy more than Tom and Jerry.
Here's a video of my favorite episode, The Three Little Pups . Probably the greatest single cartoon ever produced, man. I've been whistling that tune for years, never really knowing or remembering where it came from.
Come on over and watch it sometime. You have an open invitation.
7 comments:
Ah yes... Channel 56. It pretty much raised me.
The dog catcher character (and the song)is in a particularly good episode about a billy goat... man.
no fancy cable either. a big antenna on the roof.
i haven't seen that episode yet. i look forward to it though.
Here's the Billy Boy video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSYnTY5Re5A
thats awesome. its not on this dvd though. i guess because it doesn't fall under the droopy umbrella. i'd love to see a DVD set of all of Tex Avery's cartoons. They are the best.
I also like the "of tomorrow" series of Tex Avery cartoons... like this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bBpDNRP5qQ
that cartoon is so awesome. it needs to be on DVD.
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